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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many lost deer was Sam able to retrieve during the hunting season?

2. How close did Sam put his pile of wood to his tree house?

3. What did Sam do the first day of hunting season?

4. What does Sam add to his pancakes to improve them?

5. Where do some of the birds spend winter nights?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sam and Frightful like the crickets in the meadow in "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness"?

2. Why didn't Sam light a fire while he worked on the first deer he got that a hunter couldn't find?

3. What made Sam realize that he needed ventilation when he used his furnace?

4. What preparations does Sam make for Christmas dinner when Bando will come?

5. In "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness," what did Sam gather as he pushed his raft down the stream?

6. What does Sam say is the nicest part of his day in "I Have a Good Look at Winter and Find Spring in the Snow"?

7. What evidence did Warden Jim Handy find of a wild boy, and why did he think the boy went home?

8. What does Bando say shows that Sam has been busy since Bando left?

9. How did Frightful help Sam gather nuts?

10. How does Bando serve Sam's dad after the first course of onion soup?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam obtained a peregrine falcon. How did Sam manage to get a peregrine falcon?

Essay Topic 2

Sam trusted Matt to not write about him. Was Sam wise to trust Matt?

Essay Topic 3

Sam ran away from home. Why did Sam run and why didn't his parents stop him?

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